Possible Moralities in Impossible Times – By Saskia Coenen Snyder
Saskia Coenen Snyder on Bernard Wasserstein’s The Ambiguity of Virtue The behavior of the Jewish Councils, the administrative bodies appointed by the Germans
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Marcion and the Ideology of Texts – By Judith Lieu
Judith Lieu on Dieter Roth’s The Text of Marcion’s Gospel The name “Marcion” will evoke one or both of two images. The first
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A Conversation with Tzipi Livni
Simon Rabinovitch speaks with Tzipi Livni about the meaning of a Jewish and democratic state and Israel’s prospects for passing a nation-state law
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First Impressions #46: Russell McCutcheon
Kristian Petersen talks with Russell McCutcheon, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, about his new book A Modest Proposal
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First Impressions #45: Annie Blazer
Art Remillard talks with Annie Blazer about her new book, Playing for God: Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry. Blazer
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Is There a Message In the Music? – By Anthony B. Pinn
Anthony B. Pinn on Robert Darden’s Nothing But Love in God’s Water Think about the following scene: Enslaved Africans physically abused, mentally tortured,
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“Jesus H. (as in, Hasidic) Christ!” – By Allan Nadler
Allan Nadler on Shaul Magid’s Hasidism Incarnate Pope Francis’s disclosure, early on in his papacy, that his favorite painting is Marc Chagall’s 1938
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Hagiography and Hanbalism – By Tasi Perkins
Tasi Perkins on Ibn al-Jawzi’s Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal “All day long I hope for death. I’m afraid of being
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“From Despair to Hope”: Antiretroviral Therapy, Redemption, and Christianity in Africa – By Jessica Hardin
Jessica Hardin on Rijk van Dijk, et al. (eds), Religion and AIDS Treatment in Africa In 2009, an estimated 2.1 million people with
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First Impressions #44: Ranen Omer-Sherman
Dave Krueger talks with Ranen Omer-Sherman about his new book Imagining the Kibbutz: Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film. Omer-Sherman is the
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